Lord W D, Goff M L, Adkins T R, Haskell N H
Forensic Science Research and Training Center, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA.
J Forensic Sci. 1994 Jan;39(1):215-22.
The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), has been shown to be a ubiquitous inhabitant of both surface and buried human remains throughout the southern, central and western United States and Hawaii. Unlike most other species of forensically important Diptera, this species frequently dominates bodies in the dry/post decay stage of decomposition. Adults of the black soldier fly appear to initiate oviposition (egg laying) 20 to 30 days postmortem. Even at warm temperatures (27.8 degrees C), subsequent completion of the life cycle can require an additional 55 days. Life history data for H. illucens, when used in combination with data for other cohabiting arthropod species and viewed in the context of local environmental conditions, can provide medicolegal investigators with valuable parameters for estimating the postmortem intervals for badly decomposed remains.
黑腹果蝇（Hermetia illucens (L.)）已被证明是美国南部、中部和西部以及夏威夷地表和掩埋的人类遗骸中普遍存在的一种昆虫。与大多数其他具有法医重要性的双翅目物种不同，该物种在尸体分解的干燥/后期腐烂阶段经常占据主导地位。黑腹果蝇成虫似乎在死后20至30天开始产卵。即使在温暖的温度（27.8摄氏度）下，随后完成生命周期可能还需要55天。当将黑腹果蝇的生活史数据与其他共生节肢动物物种的数据结合起来，并在当地环境条件的背景下进行观察时，可为法医调查人员提供有价值的参数，用于估计严重腐烂遗骸的死后间隔时间。
